[PATCH v11 4/5] rust: replace `kernel::c_str!` with C-Strings

Tamir Duberstein tamird at gmail.com
Mon Jun 2 13:54:46 UTC 2025


On Mon, Jun 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl at google.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 08:27:45AM -0400, Tamir Duberstein wrote:
> > C-String literals were added in Rust 1.77. Replace instances of
> > `kernel::c_str!` with C-String literals where possible and rename
> > `kernel::c_str!` to `str_to_cstr!` to clarify its intended use.
> >
> > Closes: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1075
> > Signed-off-by: Tamir Duberstein <tamird at gmail.com>
>
> > -/// Creates a new [`CStr`] from a string literal.
> > +/// Creates a static C string wrapper at compile time.
>
> A C string *wrapper*? What do you mean? I would drop the word "wrapper"
> here.

Yeah, I don't remember where this wording came from. I'll change it to
be mostly the same as it was: "Creates a new [`CStr`] at compile
time.".


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